l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

House Bill 1620

Sales tax; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on April 17, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-111, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT FROM SALES TAXATION THE RETAIL SALES OF CERTAIN SCHOOL SUPPLIES DURING A PERIOD BEGINNING AT 12:01 A.M. ON THE LAST FRIDAY IN JULY AND ENDING AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

19 co-sponsors

Wanda Jennings, Eugene Forrest Hamilton, Kevin McGee, Mark Baker, Ray Rogers, Tom Weathersby, David W. Myers, Angela Cockerham, Gene Alday, Becky Currie, Mark Formby, Jerry R. Turner, Pat Nelson, Nick Bain, Margaret Rogers, Mac Huddleston, Deborah Butler Dixon, Chris Brown, Brian Aldridge

Its course

March 21 to April 17, 2012, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action7 actions on 5 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 21 to Mar 287 days

Ways and MeansMar 21 to Mar 287 days

In the SenateMar 28 to Apr 17 · stopped20 days

FinanceApr 2 to Apr 17 · stopped15 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 28

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Mar 21 – Mar 28

  1. Mar 21Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Mar 28Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  3. Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Mar 30 – Apr 17

  1. Mar 30Sent to the Senate
  2. Apr 2Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
  3. Apr 17Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Mar 21Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 28Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  3. Mar 28AmendedHouse of Representatives
  4. Mar 28Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Mar 30Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Apr 2Referred To FinanceSenate
  7. Apr 17Died In CommitteeSenate